Edward T. Lewis (politician) explained

Edward T. Lewis
State1:Louisiana
District1:6th
Term Start1:March 4, 1883
Term End1:March 3, 1885
Preceded1:Edward White Robertson
Succeeded1:Alfred Briggs Irion
Office2:Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
Term2:1865–1867
1886–1888
Birth Date:26 October 1834
Birth Place:Opelousas, Louisiana, US
Party:Democratic
Residence:Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Alma Mater:Wesleyan University
Occupation:Attorney
Allegiance:Confederate States
Branch:Confederate States Army
Battles:American Civil War
Rank:Captain
Unit:2nd Louisiana Cavalry

Edward Taylor Lewis (October 26, 1834 – April 26, 1927) was a member of the United States House of Representatives from Louisiana for one term from 1883 to 1885.

Life and career

Lewis was born on October 26, 1834, in Opelousas, Louisiana.

He attended Wesleyan University of Ohio, earning a law degree, and returning to his home state to work as an attorney.

During the American Civil War, he was a Captain in Company G, 2nd Louisiana Cavalry. After the war and Louisiana's Reconstruction, he served one term in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1865 to 1867.

Congress

In 1883, he was elected to Congress, serving one term as a Democrat before an unsuccessful renomination bid. From 1886 to 1892, he again was a member of the state House of Representatives, and he worked at various judgeships between 1886 and 1908.

He then resumed the practice of law, and died on April 26, 1927, in Opelousas.